1. SimITK/SimVTK: Model Driven Engineering for Medical Imaging 1

2. Simulink, Model Driven Engineering (MDE) in Matlab Interactive graphical environment Select, add blocks to blank “canvas”, inter-connect blocks to form a process model Written programming code abstracted away Replaced by equivalent visual model representation 2

3. SimITK/SimVTK, MDE for ITK & VTK MDE for ITK/VTK: Drag and drop approach to process development Accessible visual notation for ITK and VTK Instructional value MATLAB/Simulink offer many benefits: Use MATLAB’s Simulink visual environment Avoid reinventing the wheel Allow mix of MATLAB code and ITK/VTK 3

4. SimVTK Example 4

5. SimITK Example 5

6. 6 System Overview

7. Templating 7

8. Virtual Block 8 Simulink ITK VirtualPort Conversion itkImage Update ITK Image Filter itkImage Conversion VirtualPort Parameter Variables Conversion Spacing & Origin Data Spacing & Origin Data Input Output Parameters

9. Goals Ultimate Goal – ITK and Simple ITK in Matlab and Simulink Synergy between the SimpleITK group and SimITK group Both communities aim to simplify usage of ITK Lead Engineering Time to complete ITK -> XML wrapper Possibly modify to do ITK -> JSON wrapping instead JSON is compact, better at expressing an API description Ways to Fund Engineering Time for: Wrapping of ITK in Simulink and Matlab Extending this work to SimpleITK in Matlab/Simulink 9